Soil Removal & Deposit Application Guide
· Salt Spring Island · Applications, Forms & Guides · 2026
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Topics: Agriculture & the ALR · Bylaw enforcement · Marine & foreshore · Transportation & ferries — our classification, not the Trust's.
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www.islandstrust.bc.ca Galiano, Mayne, North Pender, Saturna, South Pender Islands Southern Office 200 - 1627 Fort Street Victoria, BC V8R 1H8 Ph: (250) 405-5151 southinfo@islandstrust.bc.ca Ballenas-Winchelsea, Salt Spring Islands Salt Spring Office 4 - 121 McPhillips Avenue Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2T6 Ph: (250) 537-9144 ssiinfo@islandstrust.bc.ca Denman, Gabriola, Gambier, Hornby, Lasqueti, Thetis Islands Northern Office 700 North Road Gabriola Island, BC V0R 1X3 Ph: (250) 247-2063 northinfo@islandstrust.bc.ca Soil Removal & Deposit Information about Soil Removal and Deposit Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Bylaw No. 418 regulates soil removal and deposit activities on Salt Spring Island. Registration is required for activities involving the removal or deposit of more than 40 m 3 of soil, topsoil or rock, unless a Soil Removal and Deposit is required. A Soil Removal and Deposit Permit is required to be issued prior to commencing any of the following activities: • Removal or deposit of soil, rock or topsoil at any location within 30 metres of the natural boundary of a water body, other than the sea, except if the removal or deposit activity is expressly authorized by a development permit • Removal or deposit of soil, rock or topsoil at any location within 15 metres of the natural boundary of the sea, except if the removal or deposit is expressly authorized by a development permit • Removal or deposit of a volume of topsoil exceeding 100 m 3 • Removal of a volume of rock exceeding 100 m 3 • Deposit of a volume of rock exceeding 1000m 3 • Removal or deposit of a combined volume of soil, rock or topsoil exceeding 1000 m 3 Note: Permits for the removal or deposit of up to 5,000 m 3 of material are considered by Islands Trust staff and are valid for one year from the date of issuance. Permits for the removal or deposit of more than 5,000 m 3 of material are considered by the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee and are valid for five years from the date of issuance. Certain activities are exempt from the requirement for registration or a permit, or both, as noted in the following table. Activity Registration Exempt Permit Exempt Removal or deposit in accordance with a Soil Removal and Deposit Permit; ✓ Construction of a dwelling and related accessory buildings authorized by a building permit and the total combined volume of soil, rock or topsoil removed does not exceed 2000 m 3 ✓ Removal or deposit directly related to work authorized by a permit to install a sewage disposal system ✓ Removal or deposit required for work authorized by a permit to install a private sewage disposal system, and the total combined volume of soil, rock or topsoil removed does not exceed 1000 m 3 ✓ Maintenance of an existing residential driveway and/or parking area ✓ Removal or deposit authorized by the Agricultural Land Reserve Use, Subdivision and Procedure Regulatio
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